Saturday, July 8, 2017

Cabbie in TOYOTA CAMRY airport crash facing charges

Police to Seek Charges Against Cab Driver in Logan Pedestrian Crash

"....After the crash, Clenord told NBC Boston it was an accident caused by some kind of mechanical problem with his car. He said that in 23 years of driving a cab, he had never experienced anything like this, claiming that his car suddenly accelerated as he approached the taxi pool, and the brake would not work.

"I tried to explain everything, what happened, not my fault, they have to find out what the problem was in the car," Clenord said Monday.

State police have filed a threat notification with the Registry of Motor Vehicles in attempt to have Clenord's license revoked. His hackney license has been suspended indefinitely and turned over to Boston Police.

State police are seeking a criminal charge against the taxi driver they say careened into a crowd of his fellow cabbies at a Logan International Airport taxi pool Monday in a violent crash that injured 10.

Police decided to seek to charge the 56-year-old driver, Lutant Clenord, of Cambridge, with operating to endanger after an investigation found the cause of the crash was operator error, according to state police spokesman David Procopio.

A hearing will be held in East Boston District Court, where a clerk magistrate will determine whether to issue a criminal complaint against Clenord.

A date for that hearing had not yet been set last night.

State police also filed an “immediate threat” notification with the state Registry of Motor Vehicles, seeking to have Clenord’s driver’s license revoked, Procopio said, adding that his hackney license has been suspended indefinitely and turned over to Boston police.

Procopio said earlier this week that checks of law enforcement databases revealed no red flags about Clenord related to homeland security or terrorism.